The Champions

A new feature activity “All-Stars” brought to you by World Coffee Events and NuovaSimonelli, is taking place at the International Coffee & Tea Festival in Dubai, UAE, 12-14 November 2014.

For 3 days in a row, some of the world’s best baristas will be featured in activities, including: espresso & cappuccino challenges, on-demand performances, pop quiz segments, surprise challenges, and more!

Schedule

DAY 1: Wednesday, 12 November

ACTIVE BAR TIME (espresso bar)All-Stars make espresso beverages, and engage with the audience.

Stefanos & Christos

12:45 – 1:30

MYSTERY ESPRESSO CHALLENGEA fun head-to-head challenge between two All-Stars who dial-in a mystery coffee to achieve its best taste.

Gwilym & Hide

1:30 – 2:30

LUNCH

2:30 – 3:15

POP QUIZA chance for a few lucky fans to team up with an All-Star team, and compete for the glory of winning this pop quiz challenge.

Hide & Christos vs. Gwilym & Stefanos

3:30 – 4:15

JUDGE LIKE A JUDGEAn opportunity for several lucky audience members to personally experience what it’s like to be a world-level judge, as our All-Star judge takes us through the ins-and-outs of judging the WBC

Petra & Gwilym & Stefanos

4:30 – 5:15

MYSTERY CAPPUCCINO CHALLENGEA fun head-to-head challenge between two All-Stars who dial-in a mystery coffee to achieve the best-tasting cappuccino.

MY ROAD TO BECOMING THE 2014 WORLD BREWERS CUP CHAMPIONAn All-Star takes us through his journey to Champion.

Stefanos

BREW BAR SHIFTS

11:00 – 12:00

Hide

5:15 – 6:15

Gwilym

DAY 2: Thursday, 13 November

11:00 – 12:00

ACTIVE BAR TIME (espresso bar)All-Stars make drinks, and engage with the audience.

Gwilym & Hide

12:30 – 1:15

MYSTERY ESPRESSO CHALLENGEA fun head-to-head challenge between two All-Stars who dial-in a mystery coffee to achieve its best taste.

Stefanos & Christos

1:15 – 2:15

LUNCH

2:15 – 3:00

POP QUIZA chance for a few lucky fans to team up with an All-Star team, and compete for the glory of winning this pop quiz challenge.

Hide & Gwilym vs. Christos & Stefanos

3:00 – 3:30

MY ROAD TO BECOMING 2014 WORLD BARISTA CHAMPIONAn All-Star takes us through his journey to Champion.

Hide

3:45 – 4:30

MYSTERY CAPPUCCINO CHALLENGEA fun head-to-head challenge between two All-Stars who dial-in a mystery coffee to achieve the best-tasting cappuccino.

Stefanos & Gwilym

5:00 – 5:45

JUDGE LIKE A JUDGEAn opportunity for several lucky audience members to personally experience what it’s like to be a world-level judge, as our All-Star judge takes us through the ins-and-outs of judging the WBC

Petra & Gwilym & Hide

5:45 – 6:30

ACTIVE BAR TIME (espresso bar)All-Stars make brewed coffee, and engage with the audience.

Stefanos & Hide

BREW BAR SHIFTS

11:00 – 12:00

Stefanos

4:45 – 5:45

Christos

DAY 3: Friday, 14 November

3:00 – 4:00

ACTIVE BAR TIME (espresso bar)An All-Star makes drinks, and engages with the audience.

Stefanos

4:30 – 5:15

MYSTERY ESPRESSO CHALLENGEAll-Stars make brewed coffee, and engage with the audience.

Stefanos & Gwilym

5:30 – 6:00

MY ROAD TO BECOMING 2014 WORLD BARISTA CHAMPIONAn All-Star takes us through his journey to Champion.

Hide

6:15 – 7:00

SIGNATURE BEVERAGE DECONSTRUCTEDAn All-Star takes us through the process of creating a signature beverage.

Christos

7:00 – 7:30

PHOTO & AUTOGRAPH TIME

All

BREW BAR SHIFTS

3:00 – 4:00

CHRISTOS

3:00 – 4:00

GWILYM

3:00 – 4:00

STEFANOS

The WCE All-Stars is brought to you by:

Machine Sponsor Nuova Simonelli
AURELIA II T3

Aurelia II T3 is the new espresso machine which guarantees superior performances in terms of accuracy, extraction quality, flexibility and consistency of results; for these benefits it is dedicated to the best professional baristas. The innovative T3 technology is at the base of its results, since it establishes new reference standards for temperature accuracy in water supply. Three different temperature parameters (water, group, steam) act on the brewing temperature on each group head; this means extreme accuracy, regardless of the workload or environmental conditions. The barista has always the maximum flexibility and control of his brewing.

These grind-on-demand espresso grinders ensure hands-free operation and electronically controlled, variable programming for exact portioning. The grinders start automatically when inserting the port-a-filter and grinding time is less than 2 seconds for a single espresso of 7 gram. The stepless grind adjustment guarantees the highest flexibility possible for every coffee blend.

Coffee SponsorCoffee Planet

Coffee Planet is the market leading crop to cup coffee company based in Dubai, UAE.
Sourcing specialty grade 100% Arabica coffee from over 20 countries around the world, the Green coffee is then roasted in their HACCP Certified Roastery in Dubai and distributed across the UAE as well as the GCC and Asia.

Coffee Planet provides a full range of coffee solutions to the HORECA ‎market through the distribution, maintenance and management of market leading equipment including Nuova Simonelli, Ditting, Concordia, Eversys and others supported by fresh roasted coffee blends and single estate coffees as well as a full service and training team.